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Noun: department of corrections
  1. The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
    "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections";
    - corrections

Derived forms: departments of corrections

Type of: department of local government, local department

Encyclopedia: Department of corrections

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